Recipient of federal assistance · HENDERSONVILLE, NC

WESTERN CAROLINA COMMUNITY ACTION, INC

WESTERN CAROLINA COMMUNITY ACTION, INC received $20.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 24 actions, +30% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $98.2M. Its largest awarding agency was Administration for Children and Families ($13.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$20.2M
New awards
18
Actions
24
Since FY2021
$98.2M
UEI
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Location
HENDERSONVILLE, NC
Nonprofits
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 16.1MFY2021
  2. 16.6MFY2022
  3. 14.7MFY2023
  4. 15MFY2024
  5. 15.5MFY2025
  6. 20.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$13.9M69%
  2. Direct payments$6.3M31%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.600 · Head Start$13.8M68%
  2. 14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$6.3M31%
  3. 14.896 · Family Self-Sufficiency Program$76.9K0.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Administration for Children and Families$13.8M68%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$6.4M32%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development

Largest awards

  1. HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START$29.7M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Jun 30, 2021 – Jul 21, 2026· 04CH011737
  2. EARLY HEAD START$16.6M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Jul 29, 2024 – Sep 14, 2026· 04HP000576
  3. HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START$12.7M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Jun 12, 2025 – Sep 11, 2026· 04CH013190
  4. PURPOSE: THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (HCV) PROGRAM IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, THE…$2.7M
    14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· May 22, 2026 – May 22, 2026· NC140VO0226
  5. HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START$1.9M
    93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Jul 13, 2022 – Jun 16, 2026· 04WH000011
  6. PURPOSE: THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (HCV) PROGRAM IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, THE…$1.3M
    14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· NC140VO0222

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $712K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$516.5K73%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  2. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$195.5K27%
    RALEIGH, NC · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $859.5K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $900.2K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $516.5K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $712K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.